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Posted: March 2, 2011 - 7:18pm

MONEY TALKS

“If you believe that Social Security is contributing to the deficit then you are not doing your homework. Please people - understand that these people who are in government are not being honest. They want to play with money that they already played with and were told not to so please get the real facts.”

BULLYING

“I’d like to know who you see about bullying in the schools that has zero tolerance with this policy. Apparently the zero policy is not being enforced.”

BT

“I’m having Tim Wood withdrawals. We haven’t had a column from him in quite some time and you promised to keep him part time or at least you intimated you would keep him part time if he is willing. If he’s willing, can we please hear how he is doing? Please?”

“It was good to read Bingo Protection Agency. That dog is a riot and it sounds like Carl and The Beloved are both feeling better and it sounds like they are doing well. Best wishes to them. Carl, when you feel up to it, please start writing again. Although we do love your dog.”

“Does Bill Roe thinks he is displaying Christian principals when he continues to support corrupt regimes abroad and the ‘I’ve got mine, the heck with you’ philosophy of the extremist right wing at home?”

“Bill Roe acknowledged in his last two columns that our local economy and housing market are in dire straits but Bluffton town leaders are not our only elected officials who don’t seem to get it. Not one of our federal or state leaders has made jobs their number one priority. They’ve been off doing their own thing and doing everything they can to avoid dealing with our shrunken economy. This GOP paradise could turn out to be a mirage in 2012 if they continue their ways.”

“You are not a newspaper, BT, you are a perspective. Your perspective is that everything is fine. There is not a drug problem at the Suburban Inn and there aren’t properties in Bluffton that haven’t been turned into illegal enclaves. Everything is fine, right?”

LETTER WRITERS

“This is in response to the Feb. 24 edition of BT and to the caller who is referencing the letter that John Maresca wrote to the editor. He is sitting there blaming the terrorists and their primary goal was to destroy the economy. I’d like to tell that caller, being one of the fortunate ones who lived through 9/11 in New York City at that time, that that was not their goal. Their goal was to kill as many Americans as possible and they succeeded in killing over 3,000 of us. I was one of the lucky ones to live so this guy doesn’t know what he is talking about.”

GRAB BAG

“Are we raising a generation of nincompoops? Second graders who can’t tie shoes or zip jackets; 4-year-olds in pull-up diapers; 5-year-olds in strollers; teens and pre-teens befuddled by can openers and ice cube trays and college kids who have never done laundry or taken the bus alone, addressed an envelope or wrote a check. It’s amazing. Is this the generation of nincompoops? Teenagers are so accustomed to throwing their clothes on the floor or hanging them on hooks and many people wonder if we are raising a bunch of crazies?”

“The caller just found this place to be populated by disrespectful, self-centered and selfish people. What attracted and continues to attract the caller to this area?”

“Is the ‘think about it’ caller trying to tell us that the financial sector meltdown was caused by Middle East terrorists?”

“Does anyone notice that all of the screaming Vox callers talking about Global Warming are now talking about climate change? What in the world is climate change? It’s been changing for millions of years and no one made an issue of it. Global warming was a farce to begin with and now to cover their mistakes they are calling it ‘climate change.’”

UNIONS

“It was not the unions who funded most of the newly Republican brothers; it was Koch brothers. We all know that. It was laid out in black and white on MSNBC. They have bought their way into a lot of places and people have ignored it. They scream and holler about George Soros and they are both guilty on both sides but the Republicans have been playing games. The first seven contributors to the government Republican Party are Republican corporations. The last three are unions to the Democrats. Not very fair is it?”

POLITICS

“Has Joe Wilson forgotten what the word means in his ‘Joe means Jobs’ slogan or what he meant by the word ‘do’ when he said ‘I do mean jobs’? Wilson should be spending as much time meeting with local and state business leaders to create jobs as he spends meeting with Michele Bachmann to kill Obamacare than promote Bachmann’s political ambitions.”

PAIN AT THE PUMP

“As far as the gas price situation goes, anything the oil companies can do to make the price go up on gas, they’ll do. They see disturbances overseas and gas prices go up. They went up 15 cents in just one hour. It’s all left up to the government and the gas companies because we let them do it.”